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Title: Choice-Based Discrimination

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: In this paper, I study the potential negative consequences of beliefs about choice and control in the context of labor force type discrimination. I introduce and explore a form of discrimination that I term choice-based discrimination. With this form of discrimination, individuals are treated more negatively when the stigmatized characteristics they hold are believed to be controllable. I present a laboratory experiment to evaluate the hypothesis that gay men, obese men and mothers are discriminated against more - in terms of hiring, salary recommendations and competence evaluations - when the traits they hold are perceived to be more voluntary. I propose that the normative evaluations and moral judgments associated with the perception of an attribute as voluntary legitimize the expression of biases and stereotypes against the person who holds the attribute and thus generate discrimination.

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Authors: Katz, Tamar Kricheli

Institution: Stanford University

Department: Sociology

Advisor: Shelley Correll and David Grusky

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Publisher Location: Palo Alto, CA

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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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